While the Pixar's automotive comedy will face off with "Happy Feet," "Monster House" and "Open Season" in the best animated film category, DreamWorks Animation ruled the studio roost with 17 nominations, led by "Over the Hedge" and "Flushed Away."

The Annie Awards will be presented on Feb. 11, 2007 at a ceremony in Glendale.

While neither "Over the Hedge" nor "Flushed Away" was able to pick up best animated picture nominations, the films scored vocal nods for Wanda Sykes and Sir Ian McKellan. Joining those two stars in the voice acting race were Maggie Gyllenhaal, Spencer Locke and Sam Lerner from "Monster House."

The directors of both DreamWorks pics -- David Bowers and Sam Fell for "Flushed" and Tim Johnson and Karey Kirkpatrick for "Hedge" -- were nominated for best director with Gil Kenan for "Monster," John Lasseter for "Cars" and Carlos Saldanha for "Ice Age: The Meltdown."

While the Oscars have only a limited history in the animated category, thus far the Academy winner for best animated feature has mirrored the Annie's choice each year.